| Ctenocephalichthys Temporal range: Cenomanian to Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Holocentriformes (?) |
| Genus: | †Ctenocephalichthys Gaudant, 1969 |
| Type species | |
| †Ctenocephalichthys lorteri Gaudant, 1969 | |
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Ctenocephalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish, generally considered a holocentriform, that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It is known from Cenomanian to the Santonian of Lebanon.
It contains the following species:
- †C. brevispinus Gayet, 1982 - Santonian of Lebanon (Sahel Alma) (=C. brevissimus Gayet, 1982)
- †C. longispinus Gaudant, 1969 - Cenomanian of Lebanon
- †C. lorteri Gaudant, 1969 - Santonian of Lebanon (type species)
See also
References
- "Ctenocephalichthys". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- "PBDB Taxon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- ^ Murray, Alison M. (2014). "Mid-Cretaceous acanthomorph fishes with the description of a new species from the Turonian of Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 1: 101–115. doi:10.18435/B5CC78. ISSN 2292-1389.
- Gayet, Mireille; Belouze, Anne; Saad, Pierre Abi (2003). Les poissons fossiles (in French). Editions désiris. ISBN 978-2-907653-84-8.
Further reading
- Gallo-Da-Silva, Valéria; De Figueiredo, Francisco J. (1999). "Pelotius hesselae, gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei: Holocentridae) from the Cretaceous (Turonian) of Pelotas Basin, Brazil". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (2): 263–270. Bibcode:1999JVPal..19..263G. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011140. ISSN 0272-4634.
- Gayet, Mireille; Barbin, Vincent (1994). "Nouvel Holocentridae (Pisces, Beryciformes) du Priabonien de Brendola (Italie)". Geobios. 27 (3): 335–342. Bibcode:1994Geobi..27..335G. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(94)80181-9. ISSN 0016-6995.
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